1 It does no harm to be the first arrival by pure chance, so long as you do arrive.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME 2 He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM. 3 Jean Valjean, who was present, supported the caryatid with his shoulder, and gave the workmen time to arrive.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR 4 It was time that Bulow should arrive, as will be seen.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW 5 They will arrive a little before dusk, three-quarters of an hour before the gates of the cemetery are closed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV... 6 Combeferre would have knelt and clasped his hands to enable the future to arrive in all its candor, and that nothing might disturb the immense and virtuous evolution of the races.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC 7 Marius decided that in a few seconds more the moment for intervention would arrive, and he raised his right hand towards the ceiling, in the direction of the corridor, in readiness to discharge his pistol.
8 The most sagacious, the calmest, the most profound, decipher slowly, and when they arrive with their text, the task has long been completed; there are already twenty translations on the public place.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION 9 The first to arrive at the garden railing halted, and waited for the others; a second later, all six were reunited.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG 10 He said at times: "But I am eighty;" as though he cherished some secret hope that he should arrive at the end of his days before reaching the end of his books.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF 11 Marius was about to arrive, and he would bring good news.
12 To follow to the slope is to arrive at the river.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES 13 There was disgrace in any resolution at which he might arrive.
14 Richelieu counted on his fingers, and said to himself, "She will arrive, she says, four or five days after having received the money."
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL 15 We depart from one place, and arrive at another, that is all.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS